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AP Lit Unit 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accost | to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
| animadversion | a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| avid | obsessed, very eager or greedy |
| brackish | very salty, unpleasant to drink |
| celerity | quick, rapid action |
| devious | untrustworthy, straying from a direct path |
| gambit | taking a risk or loss to gain a later advantage; often named in chess |
| halcyon | legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; calm, peaceful, golden, prosperous |
| histrionic | pertaining to actors and their techniques, theatrical, melodramatic, artificial |
| incendiary | arsonist, object or action that causes fire or conflict |
| maelstrom | whirlpool of great size and violence; chaotic situation |
| myopic | nearsighted; narrow-minded and impulsive |
| overt | obvious, easily recognizable |
| pejorative | tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement |
| propriety | in a state of appropriateness; standards of social acceptance |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| summarily | briefly, without formality |
| suppliant | asking honestly and humbly; one who makes a humble or honest request, a suitor |
| talisman | an object that has magical or charm like properties; an amulet, fetish |
| undulate | to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |